{"id":914215,"date":"2026-11-12T01:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T01:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/914215\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T01:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T01:16:11","slug":"beck-bennett-anna-drezen-paul-briganti-fx-ski-resort-show-in-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/914215\/","title":{"rendered":"Beck Bennett, Anna Drezen & Paul Briganti FX Ski Resort Show In Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE:\u00a0Saturday Night Live\u00a0alums Anna Drezen<\/a>, Paul Briganti<\/a> and Beck Bennett<\/a> are developing a half-hour comedy series at FX<\/a>, sources told Deadline.<\/p>\n

\n\tBennett will star in the project as a disgraced Olympic skier who is forced to save his family\u2019s failing Aspen resort \u2014 which will be an uphill battle because his only skill is sliding down a mountain on sticks.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series comes from Lionsgate and Point Grey, and if the project moves forward, we hear that Drezen will showrun the series and Briganti will direct.<\/p>\n

\n\tFX declined comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring their overlapping years on SNL, Bennett, Drezen, and Briganti collaborated on a number of sketches, in particular pre-taped sketches and commercial parodies such as \u201cThe Baby Step.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tDrezen is the creator, showrunner and executive producer of Freeform, Hulu, and 20th\u2019s Television\u2019s first animated comedy series, Praise Petey. Prior to that, she was head writer at NBC\u2019s Saturday Night Live, the late-night sketch show now in its 52nd season. Currently, Drezen is the co-EP for Netflix\u2019s upcoming animated animal comedy Mating Season, and she is the writing supervisor for John Mulaney\u2019s Netflix series Everybody\u2019s in LA. Her recent series writing credits also include TBS\u2019 Miracle Workers and Peacock\u2019s Girls5eva, and she was a co-EP on Will Arnett\u2019s Netflix series\u00a0Murderville. She is repped by WME, Mosaic and lawyer Melissa Fox.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBriganti is a director and producer best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, where he helmed short films and commercial parodies. Additionally, he directed the Judd Apatow-produced feature Please Don\u2019t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, starring in the SNL sketch group. His TV directing credits also include episodes of truTV\u2019s At Home with Amy Sedaris and the CW\u2019s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Most recently, Briganti sold a half-hour comedy to Hulu starring Jake Shane that Briganti will direct. He also is attached to direct Non-Refundable<\/a>, an upcoming Netflix rom-com. Briganti is repped by WME, Mosaic, and lawyer Grace Kallis.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBennett was a featured player on SNL beginning with Season 39, before joining as a main cast member in 2015. He left the show in Season 46 but made an uncredited appearance in Season 50 as Vladimir Putin, one of his most popular characters. Since then, he\u2019s lent his voice to a variety of shows, and notably played Steve Lombard in 2025\u2019s Superman. He will reprise the role in the upcoming Superman film Man of Tomorrow, which hits theaters July 9. Bennett is repped by UTA.<\/p>\n

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